Damaged PC after thunderstorm

May 14th, 2012, 16:29

Originally Posted by aries100
In Denmark all houses and apartments are required by law to have an HFPI-box? to prevent this from happening, I think? The electric current will then go through the box, and the mechanism in the box will shut the power off immediately.

This may not work. When there is a nearby lightning strike it can cause induced spikes in the wiring past any "cutoff" box. That is why you still need to use local surge protectors on sensitive equipment.